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Chapter 130 The Terrifying Taxi
[Matching you for a dungeon, please wait...]

[Matchmaking successful, currently matching you with teammates...]

While waiting for this moment, Gu Mian sorted through all her belongings.

Game currency: 1090
There was a side quest in the previous instance; as long as Zhao Lei's suspicion level didn't exceed 60 by the end of the instance, you could get a [Financial Management Handbook].

Of the three of them, only Gu Mian did not receive this side quest reward because his act of taking a chainsaw out of his guitar case severely affected the senses of the dungeon character.

The Financial Management Guide can increase a player's in-game currency by 50%, meaning the more in-game currency a player has, the greater their profit. That's why Chu Changge and Fatty haven't used it yet.

At this moment, Gu Mian started looking at her special items again.

[Leaf Brooch] [Bloodstained Clothes Entangled in Resentment lv.4] [Cell Phone Breaking Through Dimensional Barrier] [Crazy Pursuit Order] [A Tube of Failed Experimental Reagent]

[A tube of failed reagent] It was originally extracted by Chu Changge. It was a good thing that could double speed for ten minutes, but Chu Changge's speed attribute points were low, so it would be a waste to use it. Therefore, he gave it directly to Gu Mian.

This thing should be considered a medical supply; if Gu Mian were to inject it into other players, the effect would be several times greater.

As for the [old and dilapidated wire], Gu Mian gave it to Fatty. Anyway, even if he had it, he wouldn't dare to use it. Although Fatty might not dare to use it either, he had a lot of inventory space and wasn't worried about it taking up space.

The Bloodstained Robe, shrouded in resentment, was level 3 before entering the Horror Manor dungeon, but it's now level 4. The description says it can "withstand a full-force blow from a sharp fruit knife," which is much better than before.

Other items include: [Dungeon Exchange Coupon]

You can freely enter any instance.

Gu Mian once used this thing to threaten NPCs in the dungeon, roughly saying, "If you don't give me the reward, I'll do it again."

As it turned out, the threat posed by this thing was indeed effective, so Gu Mian had never been willing to use it.

Professional Skill: [Exquisite Medical Skills lv.3]

Five attribute points are needed to upgrade this skill to level four, but Gu Mian sadly discovered that he hadn't used the skill much since he learned it.

The reason is simple: players usually die as soon as they encounter a ghost, giving Gu Mian no chance to be saved.

"I hope that in this instance, I can save a player who is on the verge of death, barely breathing," Gu Mian secretly resolved.

The fat man's voice came from the side: "Then you'll probably have to give him artificial respiration."

Seemingly to match the guitar Gu Mian was carrying, the fat man carried the large pot he had drawn on his back.

The two of them do have a strange resemblance when they stand together.

Just then, text suddenly appeared in front of them.

[Square match successful, dungeon content coming soon—]

"..."

[Instance: Death Taxi]

Number of participants: 6

[Instance Introduction: Many years ago, a terrifying story circulated in Ye City: someone got into a strange taxi after midnight and then vanished without a trace.]

[Instance Quest: Take a taxi home after midnight]

[Dungeon Rewards: 3 Freely Allocable Attribute Points, 300 Game Currency, Monster List]

“This list of monsters…” Gu Mian frowned slightly.

Just then, the fat man's voice came from the side: "Doctor, have you noticed that the difficulty star rating for the dungeon seems to have disappeared?" The difficulty star rating had disappeared during the last dungeon, and Gu Mian had noticed it long ago. He hadn't paid much attention to it at first, since the result was the same regardless of the difficulty of the dungeon.

Just as he was about to say something, the lights suddenly shone in front of him.

It's not quite accurate to say it was just a sudden flash of light, because it was the middle of the night in the instance, so even if it were bright, it wouldn't be very bright.

At this moment, Gu Mian was standing on the side of an empty street.

Chu Changge and Fatty are gone; now he is all alone in this place.

The sky was very dark, with only a not-so-round moon hanging in the pitch-black night. The moon was of little use, its light even less than that of the dilapidated streetlights along the roadside.

The streetlights overhead shone dimly, illuminating the scene along the street.

This seems to be the suburbs. The roads are very wide, with greenery on both sides. There are no conspicuous buildings. If you look hard into the distance, you can barely see what appears to be a factory, but it is too far away to see clearly.

A cold wind was blowing, and it didn't feel like a summer night. Gu Mian wrapped her white coat tighter and looked around.

It's so dark here; the streetlights emit a dim, eerie glow, just like the lighting used for a female ghost in a horror movie.

A telephone booth stood not far from him.

Gu Mian lifted her foot and walked over there.

This phone booth is no different from a real-world phone booth; it's surrounded by glass, and inside there's something that looks like a landline phone.

"They said I should take a taxi home after midnight, but where do I live? And what time is it now..." Gu Mian muttered to herself as she opened the glass door of the phone booth and slipped inside.

Immediately, he found out where he lived and what time it was.

The phone displays the current time—0:57
Moreover, there was a map in the phone booth, about the size of an advertising flyer handed out on the street. This map was placed on the phone, and Gu Mian picked it up.

The map shows an asterisk in the upper left corner, with the words "My Location" in small print below.

Next to the location marked with an asterisk is a factory called the "Antarctic Chemical Plant".

Then he noticed a small flag in the lower right corner of the map, with the word "home" written below it.

Gu Mian took a closer look and discovered that the flag representing the family was located in a residential area called "Rong'an Community".

This is so clear: now that we have our own place and our home, all that's left is to take a taxi.

As Gu Mian pondered this, she looked at the road not far away, but there wasn't a single car in sight, not even a ghost.

Chu Changge and the fat man were nowhere to be found.

Gu Mian frowned slightly: "This instance is called Death Taxi. The supernatural events must revolve around taxis. Their mission is probably to take a taxi home in the middle of the night, so there is definitely more than one taxi in this instance."

He looked at the phone not far from him.

This phone is no different from any other phone in a regular phone booth; the dial pad and microphone are perfectly normal, so it probably won't suddenly turn into a ghost or anything like that.

The only difference was that the button in the lower left corner was green. Gu Mian leaned over to take a look and saw that the button had two words written on it: "Call a car".

Gu Mian stared at the button, lost in thought.

Is this instance a gamble of luck? Or is it a gamble on whether there are ghosts in the car you call?
If that's the case, this dungeon is way too idiotic.

Without thinking too much, Gu Mian picked up the microphone and pressed the "Call a Car" button in the lower left corner.

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